Sumeru News — Books
Shyam Selvadurai’s new novel explores Sri Lanka now
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Shyam Selvadurai has a new novel out after a long hiatus: “Hungry Ghosts.” It explores the intersections modern Sri Lanka faces between its Singha and Tamil citizens, with their respective Buddhist and Hindu perspectives, with an added gay twist. We hope to put a review on Sumeru soon, but meanwhile here is one from the... Read more »
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I’m Your Man book review from a Buddhist perspective
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I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons McClelland & Stewart, 2012 ISBN-13: 9780771080401 Paperback edition coming in August 2013 Everybody loves Leonard, and rightly so. He is one of Canada’s great treasures, known worldwide through his songs, poetry and novels. He is a master of the nexus between mystery and dis-enchantment. Sylvie... Read more »
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BC novelist & zen priest Ruth Ozeki interview
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Chris Beal, at Buddhist Fiction Blog, has recently posted an interview with Ruth Ozeki about her new novel: A Tale for the Time Being. Read it AT THIS LINK.
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Tibetan Bibliographic Instruction Workshop at U of T
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Tibetan Bibliographic Instruction Workshop East Asian Library Classroom, 8th floor Robarts Library (130 St. George Street) Date: Tuesday, April 9 Time: 11am-12:15pm Led by Dr Lauran Hartley, Columbia University’s Tibetan Collection librarian and the U of T’s new Liaison librarian for Tibetan Studies (see story on this partnership), this will be a general session covering search-strategies... Read more »
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Danny Fisher reviews Charles Prebish’s memoir (published by Sumeru)
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Danny Fisher has written a thoughtful review of Charles Prebish’s book – An American Buddhist Life: Memoirs of a Modern Buddhist Pioneer – published by Sumeru in 2011, for the Journal of Global Buddhism. “Honestly (even, at times, surprisingly so) and engagingly written, An American Buddhist Life succeeds brilliantly at pioneering memoir as an absolutely essential area... Read more »
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